Helene Makes Landfall as Category 4

Published: Fri, 09/27/24

Updated: Mon, 09/30/24

Hurricane Helene weakened to a tropical storm after making landfall as a Category 4 hurricane, causing tornadoes, flooding, outages, and at least three fatalities in Florida and Georgia.Insert Preheader


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Helene Makes Landfall as Category 4

Weather.com

Hurricane Helene weakened to a tropical storm after making landfall as a Category 4 hurricane, causing tornadoes, flooding, outages, and at least three fatalities in Florida and Georgia.

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